Information seeking on the Web by women in IT professions

Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-280

  Choo, Chun Wei ^a   Marton, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Generation and dissemination of information; Information gathering; Information network; Internet; Women; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141481843     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240310488951     Document Type: Article

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